Card-index case.



E. G. SMPSON.

CARD INDEX CASE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR.1B, 1910.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

ENVNTOR. www JMW STTE PATENT lFlflllil ERICH G. SAM'PSON, OF J'AMESTOWN,NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 ART METAL CONSTRUC- TION COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN,NEW YORK, A'COR?ORATION OF NEW YORK.

CARD-NDEX CASE.

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'Specification of Letters Eater/rt.

Patented Ane'. 5 1913.

Application filed March 18, 1910. Serial No. 550,171.

To all arf/mm it may concern:

lle it ltnowu that l, Fairer; il. SAMrsoN. a resident of Jamestown, inthe county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Fard-ndex Cases; and l do hereloy declare thei'ollowinp; to he a full7 clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to drawers of callinets, tilingF cases7 etc., andmore particularly to the follower or device for holding the cards orenvelops compacted together in the case.

ihe object of my invention is to provide a device of this Characterwhich simple in eonstrnction and ellieient in operation so as to lockthe follower securely in place at any position to which it is moved, andto these ends my invention comprises the novel features hereinafter setlforth and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawino', Figure 1 is a perspeetive view partlybroken away of my improved drawer; Fig. 2 is a front view of thefollower', the vdrawerlaiiner shown in section; Fie. 2? is a section onthe line 5l 3, Q; Fig. 4 is a perspective view ol the follower showingVthe bottom thereof.

ln the d rawingrs the numeral 2 designates a suitable drawer orreceptacle which may he formed of sheet metal. The hottonr of the draweris pressed in suitahie dies to l'orm the rihs or yhearings El, and theCentral ril leeured to the central rih l is the .strip `or har 5 whichextends from one end of the case to the other. said strip heilig rivetedor otherwise secured tothe rih el. rl`his construction provides theguide-ways o hetween the bottom of the drawer and the lower faire of thestrip The strip is provided with the roughened or indented upper face T,which may he in the form of seri-ations or other depressions givingy arouehencd face. y

One end of the strip o is not away on one side, as at 8, for the purposemore fully llereiiiafter set forth.

The follower ll comprises the vertical plate 'l l and the tlange theflange 12 heine' eut to form the nuide lugs 13 which are formed h vdepressing' the flange at thesepoints engage at. opposite sides thelower faces of the har 5, said lugs projecting into the guide spaces 6at each side of said har.

T he dog' or locking member 14 is mounted and these guide-lugs areadapted to on the follower and said follower has the lugs l struek uptherefrom in which the dog lll mounted. rlhe dogY 14- has the studs 1Gwhich enter openings 17 formed in the lues The jaws 18 of the dog areadapted to enter the slots 19 formed hy cutting' the metal to form theguide lugs 13 and said jaws in this way are adapted to engage theserrated or ronghened. portions of the strip 5. A spring 2O isinterposed between the follower plate 11 and the dog 14, said springbeing secured to said dog'. lllhen the jaws of the dog engage theroughened faces of the strip 5 the follower' is held securely inposition and will remain in any position to which it may he adjusted.rlhe operator hy pressing his thumb against the dog and compressing' thespring 2O thereby releases the aws of the dog from the roue'hened facesof the strip 5 so that the follower may then be moved readily to anyposition desired on the strip 5 and when the dog is released itimmediately takes a tenacious hold upon the strip TWhen it is desired toremove the follower from the drawer the follower is moved to the extremefront end of the drawer where the ent-away portion 8 of the strip 5occurs7 when loy shifting' the follower to one side the lfalde lui: onthat side is released from engagement with the s1 rip 5, whereupon thefollower may he lifted out owing to the fact that the opposite guide lugis not in engagement with the strip due to the eut-away portion S. Thismakes it possible to readily remove the follower' without 'removing' anyof the parts.

lVhat I claim is:

1. The combination of a drawer or other receptacle, a strip extendinglongitudinally thereof forming guide-ways at each side thereof, afollower, guide-lugs struck up from said follower and forming openingsin the follower, a. lockingy meinoer on said follower', jaws on saidloelting` member en- Hring` said openings and engaging said strip.

Q. rlhe eoml'nnation of a drawer or other receptacle7 a strip extendinglongitudinally thereof jforming guide-ways at each side thereof, afollower, guide-lugs struck up from said follower' and forming openingsin the follower7 said guide-lugs engaging said guideovays, a lockingmember pivoted on said follower, and jaws on said locking memberentering said openings and engaging said strip.

3.. lEhe combination of a drawer or other receptacle, a strip extendinglongitudinally 'thereof and forming guide-ways at each side thereof., a,follower, guide-lugs-struck up from said follower engaging saidguidewnys and forming openings in said follower, n spring actuatedlocking member pvotally mounted on said follower, and jaws on l0 Saidlooking member engaging said strip through said openings.

In testimony whereof, the/said ERICK G. SAMP'SON have hereunto set myhand.

ERICK G. SAMPSON. Vtnessesl C. vW. STRONG, B, Gr. PARTRIDGE.

